Swimming Downs Goucher for Landmark Conference Wins
Katie Paterson (l) and Jason Beabout dominated long distance swimming as the Pacers beat Goucher Saturday

Swimming Downs Goucher for Landmark Conference Wins

Men's Swimming and Diving - 1/19/2013 4:34:00 PM

Meet Results

Towson, MD - Marywood University's men's and women's swimming teams both came away with Landmark Conference victories as the Pacers downed Goucher College Saturday afternoon in Towson.  The Pacers' men's squad pulled out a 143-118 win to improve to 4-8 overall and 2-4 in Landmark action while the women cruised to a 172-76 win, sending them above .500 in Conference meets (4-3) and to a 5-8 overall mark.

The Pacers' 200 yard medley relay women's team of Olivia Hower, Kim Petersen, Amber Sharkey and Kayleigh Velott got Marywood off to a strong start with a win in a time of 2:01.67.  The Marywood men's 200 medley relay team followed suit as Michael Stauffer, Chris Brown, Ryan Widenor and Daniel Adams teammed for a winning time of 1:42.77.

Marywood won the 1000 free in both the men's and women's race as well as Katie Paterson won the women's in 11:15.26 and Jason Beabout won the men's in 10:36.46.  Velott won the 200 free in 2:08.55 before Goucher's Morgan Richter broke up the Marywood win streak with a victory in the 200 free with a time of 1:49.90. Beabout came in second in that event in 1:50.21 and Zachary Haney finished third with a 1:51.43.

In the 100 backstroke, Hower won with a time of 1:09.76 for the women while Petersen won the women's 100 breast in 1:13.75.  Brown took the men's 100 breaststroke in 1:05.11 while Sharkey won the women's 200 fly in 2:27.89.  Kara Hoff won the women's 50 free in 27.10, edging teammate Valarie Barlow who finished second with a 27.29.

In the men's 50 free, Adams came away with the win, touching in 22.52.  Adams then won the 100 free as well, finishing with a time of 50.59. 

Velott picked up a win in the 200 backstroke (2:27.24) for the women and Cara Cassandro finished first for Marywood int eh 200 breaststorke with a time of 2:58.53.  In the 500 free, Paterson won in a time of 5:30.20 while Hower finished second in 5:59.72.  Beabout also won the men's 500 in 5:04.62, touching just ahead of Morgan Richter from Goucher who finished in 5:07.40. 

Sharkey won the women's 100 fly in 1:07.25 and Blevins followed suit in the men's race, winning with a time of 55.74.  Marywood's women's 200 free relay team of Petersen, Hoff, Barlow and Paterson won in 1:46.77 to close out the meet.

The Pacers return to action with their final regular season meet on January 24 when they host Cazenovia College in non-conference action.  Marywood will then host the Landmark Conference Swimming & Diving Championships February 8-10, 2013. 
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